How To Install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8.
What is qemu-kvm-block-curl
This package provides the additional CURL block driver for QEMU. Install this package if you want to access remote disks over http, https, ftp and other transports provided by the CURL library.
We can use yum or dnf to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qemu-kvm-block-curl.
Install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install qemu-kvm-block-curl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install qemu-kvm-block-curl
Install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install qemu-kvm-block-curl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install qemu-kvm-block-curl
How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the qemu-kvm-block-curl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-curl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.